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178. Brian McLaren | Showing Up in the Face of Doom
19 september 2024 · 1 uur 6 min
The title of Brian McLaren’s new book, Life After Doom, might at first be imposing…that word, “doom" looms large, but there is also life. McLaren has been looking into the face of the climate crisis and has, himself, felt the sense of doom that many people describe when they look into the future. McLaren does not dismiss the seriousness of the problems, nor is he paralyzed by it, but instead imagines the kind of life that is worth living no matter what kind of future will meet us. Lees meer
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177. Extinction | You Can't Love What You Don't Know
12 september 2024 · 54 min
It is hard to care for, protect, or even to mourn those we have no relationship with. We try to develop a relationship with a few creatures that are still among us, even if they are imperiled, to better know and love our world. And we end with a last few thorns…should we attempt to bring back extinct species and how should we think about the future of our own species? Lees meer
This is episode three of a three-part series.
About the series: Extinction might seem to be a pretty simple idea: a species goes out of existence. But a deeper exploration reveals all kinds of thorny questions. What is a species anyway? Is extinction a natural part of the development of life that leads to new life or is it something that should be mourned and stopped? What will happen to our own species? These are only a few of the questions we follow on a journey of creatures here and gone.
Learn more about the series and about our guests here.
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176. Extinction | Will There Be Wild Things Out There?
5 september 2024 · 55 min
We look to present times to see how extinctions are actually happening and what we know about them and we explore the work of biological conservation to protect species. Then we return to the question of how to feel about extinction, comparing modern day and historical extinctions and adding a few more layers to the question. Lees meer
This is episode two of a three-part series.
About the series: Extinction might seem to be a pretty simple idea: a species goes out of existence. But a deeper exploration reveals all kinds of thorny questions. What is a species anyway? Is extinction a natural part of the development of life that leads to new life or is it something that should be mourned and stopped? What will happen to our own species? These are only a few of the questions we follow on a journey of creatures here and gone.
Learn more about the series and about our guests here.
Theme song and credits music by Breakmaster Cylinder. Other music in this episode by Remember the Future, Ricky Bombino, Northern Points, Simon Stevens, Oakvale of Albion, and Vesper Tapes, courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc.
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175. Extinction | Creatures Here and Gone
29 augustus 2024 · 40 min
Extinction is a familiar idea for almost everyone, but it wasn’t long ago that no one would have thought a species could go out of existence. We explore this history of the human understanding of extinction, and then we go much further back in history, to explore how extinction has played a role in the development of life over hundreds of millions of years leading to our world today. Lees meer
This is the first episode in a three-part series.
About the series: Extinction might seem to be a pretty simple idea: a species goes out of existence. But a deeper exploration reveals all kinds of thorny questions. What is a species anyway? Is extinction a natural part of the development of life that leads to new life or is it something that should be mourned and stopped? What will happen to our own species? These are only a few of the questions we follow on a journey of creatures here and gone.
Learn more about the series and about our guests here.
Theme song and credits music by Breakmaster Cylinder. Other music in this episode by Evan MacDonald, High Street Music, Northern Points, Nathan King, Babel, Ballian De Moulle, Paradiso Music, courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc.
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174. From Play to Purpose | How Culture and Faith Made and Make Us Human
25 juli 2024 · 51 min
The story of evolution is often centered around genes and randomness. More and more, scientists are finding that culture is also a driver of evolution. When we explore how humans have both emerged from an evolutionary process and contribute to it, we begin to understand ourselves differently. This new understanding will ultimately lead us to a deeper relationship with God. Lees meer
In this episode, we follow researchers who set out to explore four different ways in which culture and evolution interact and how they might inform our theological ideas about what it means to be human and how we relate to God: Play, Imagination, Morality, and Purpose. Thanks to our guests: Michael Burdett, Andrew Jackson, Vicki Lorrimar, Nathan Lyons, and Megan Loumagne Ulishney. (See their bios)
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143. The Ocean Declares | Horseshoe Crabs, Hospitality & Creatureliness
20 juni 2024 · 50 min
When the wind is just right, on a small beach in Titusville, Florida, horseshoe crabs crawl out of the water and onto the beach to lay their eggs. Jim and Colin joined up with two marine biologists—Bob Sluka who works with A Rocha, a Christian conservation organization and Margaret Miller, a coral biologist who works with SECORE International—and three A Rocha interns to survey the horseshoe crabs. That experience began an exploration into paying attention to many of the creatures that surround us, extending hospitality, and learning from the creatures, even from the ocean itself, about how we might better worship the creator of it all. Lees meer
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This episode was originally aired on April 27, 2023
Additional Resources:
Learn about A Rocha
Do your own nurdle hunt
Atlantic Article about Synthetic alternatives to LAL
Radiolab Episode about Horseshoe CrabsJoin a conversation about this episode on the BioLogos Forum.
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173. Creation Groans | Living with Grief, Living with Hope
6 juni 2024 · 57 min
The climate crisis often leads people to feelings of grief, despair, and fear. With the of help faith leaders, climate activists, artists and teachers from around the world we explore some of the emotions that result from an awareness of the climate crisis. And consider how naming and accepting the grief and sorrow that many people are feeling can also be a path toward hope. Lees meer
Featured guests: Heather McTeer Toney, Marinel Ubaldo, Madeleine Jubilee Saito, Dr. Malinda Berry, Hannah Malcolm, Robynn Bliss, and Lowell Bliss. And thanks to Nangula Kathindi and Christopher Douglas Huriwai for their recorded testimonials, used in the episode. Check out the link here to find more resources from these guests.
Check out more BioLogos resources on creation care and the environment here.
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132. Neuroscience, Mental Health and the Church
23 mei 2024 · 55 min
The church has had a complicated relationship with mental health. Research shows that 1 in 5 adults experience mental illness in a given year and yet 66% of pastors talk about mental health in sermons only once a year or less. In the episode we break down what exactly mental illness and mental health are, what is happening in the brain, and how the church can respond in ways that help us all to be healthier individuals and begin to build a more understanding, empathetic and healthy community. Lees meer
This episode was originally aired on December 8, 2022.
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Find Resources on Mental Health
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172. Camille Dungy | Dandelions and Bindweed
9 mei 2024 · 48 min
Camille Dungy is a poet, and it is with a poet’s close attention that she reflects on the interactions between humans and the greater-than-human world. In the conversation, Camille talks about how she came to her connection to the greater-than-human world, about the need to include family and home in nature writing and about the definition of a weed and how good cultivation often requires hands-on management. She ends by reading a poem from her collection, Trophic Cascade. Lees meer
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171. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire & Francis Collins | Live from Faith and Science 2024
25 april 2024 · 1 uur 16 min
Francis Collins and Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire are both renowned scientists and both of them played special and important roles during the pandemic. In this conversation, the two of them remember some of the key moments in the scientific development of the COVID vaccine and talk about the many years of scientific work that prepared the way. They also discuss how their faith plays a role in their motivation for doing science and Kizzmekia talks about the challenges of running a science lab at Harvard as a woman, a person of color, and a mother. Lees meer
This conversation was recorded live in Raleigh, North Carolina at our National Faith and Science Conference.
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170. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of Pain and Suffering
11 april 2024 · 44 min
The science of evolution has caused friction for many Christians. And science does pose some challenges to the way people have been taught to think about their faith, but those challenges don’t have to lead to a decision to reject faith—or to reject the findings of science. In fact, understanding science can lead to a deeper faith. Lees meer
Jim Stump, host of Language of God has a new book coming out—The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to a Deeper Faith. In this series Jim walks through three of the challenges posed by science.
The challenge of pain and suffering is a crucial tension and one that has vexed people for millennia. Without solving the problem, we can at least break it down and see how a world which includes pain and suffering is also a world in which creatures might have the capacity to become morally mature.
Featuring clips from previous conversations with Bethany Sollereder and Simon Conway Morris.
This is the third of a three part mini-series.
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169. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of Time
4 april 2024 · 37 min
The science of evolution has caused friction for many Christians. And science does pose some challenges to the way people have been taught to think about their faith, but those challenges don’t have to lead to a decision to reject faith—or to reject the findings of science. In fact, understanding science can lead to a deeper faith. Lees meer
Jim Stump, host of Language of God has a new book coming out—The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to a Deeper Faith. In this series Jim walks through three of the challenges posed by science.
The challenge of the time explores the long time spans of the earth and the universe and what it means about being a human loved by God in the here and now. Featuring clips from previous conversations with John Walton & Makoto Fujimura.
This is the second of a three part mini-series.
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168. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of the Bible
28 maart 2024 · 44 min
The science of evolution has caused friction for many Christians. And science does pose some challenges to the way people have been taught to think about their faith, but those challenges don’t have to lead to a decision to reject faith—or to reject the findings of science. In fact, understanding science can lead to a deeper faith. Lees meer
Jim Stump, host of Language of God has a new book coming out—The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to a Deeper Faith. In this series Jim walks through three of the challenges posed by science.
The challenge of the Bible asks how we can continue to affirm the Bible as inspired and authoritative if the human authors believed incorrect things about the world. Did God correct their cultural-bound beliefs, or work through them, as God has always worked with imperfect people?
Richard Middleton joins Jim for the second part of this episode to talk about biblical inspiration from the perspective of a bible scholar, and the episode features clips from a previous episode with Philip Yancey.
This is the first of a three part mini-series.
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167. Jonathan Haidt & Francis Collins | Technology, Mental Health, & the Role of Faith
21 maart 2024 · 1 uur 19 min
Special guest-host Francis Collins discusses the children's mental health epidemic with Jonathan Haidt. Haidt has been studying the causes of the high rates of depression and suicide in children for many years and has found that social media is at the root of the worsening trends. But he doesn’t just have causes in mind. He also has solutions. In this discussion--and in his new book, The Anxious Generation--he proposes solutions to be put into place in the home, in schools, and by governments. He also calls out faith communities, understanding that they can lead the way in reversing the trend of declining mental health of children. Lees meer
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166. Molly Worthen | Science and the Journey to Faith
7 maart 2024 · 1 uur 4 min
Molly Worthen is a historian by training and wrote the book, Apostles of Reason, which explores the history of evangelicalism in America. When she wrote the book about 10 years ago, she approached the topic as an outsider, identifying as an agnostic. Then in 2022, she rather surprisingly found herself getting baptized at the front of a large evangelical Southern Baptist megachurch. Lees meer
In the conversation she tells the story of her conversion and questions she asked, including questions about miracles, science, and what it means to be intellectually engaged and also believe in the resurrection of Christ.
This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary on February 21, 2024.
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BONUS | Steven McMullen on Food and Thankfulness
29 februari 2024 · 8 min
A bonus clip from an interview with Steven McMullen for our series The Gift of Food.
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BONUS | Aminah Al-Attas Bradford on Feeding your Microbes
29 februari 2024 · 8 min
A bonus clip from an interview with Aminah Al-Attas Bradford for our series The Gift of Food.
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BONUS | Derrick Weston on Food not Lawns
22 februari 2024 · 10 min
A bonus clip from an interview with Derrick Weston for our series The Gift of Food.
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BONUS | Shauna Niequist on Gathering around Food
22 februari 2024 · 12 min
A bonus clip from an interview with Shauna Niequist for our series The Gift of Food.
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165. The Gift of Food | Economics, Justice, Fellowship (part 5)
15 februari 2024 · 49 min
In the last episode of the series we ask several related questions: How does the idea of food as a gift fit with the fact that food is also an economic commodity? How does food play into issues of justice? And how can food, instead of dividing us, bring us together? Finally, we end by discussing what all this means about how we should eat. When we eat with love as our guiding principle, it may not always be simple, but it may be more delicious. Lees meer
This is the last episode of a five part mini-series. Learn more about the series and find related resources at biologos.org/the-gift-of-food.
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164. The Gift of Food | Eating Meat (part 4)
8 februari 2024 · 55 min
As creatures that must eat to live, human life is dependent on taking the lives of other creatures. In this episode, we explore ethics, science, and theology behind taking the lives of animals who become our food. In the process, we meet some of the animals and some of the people who raise them. We end up with at least as many questions as when we started and yet we also find a richer appreciation for the ways in which we are connected to other creatures through eating. Lees meer
This is part four of a five part mini-series. Learn more about the series and find related resources at biologos.org/the-gift-of-food.
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163. The Gift of Food | The Science of Food (Part 3)
1 februari 2024 · 47 min
Taste is a sense that sometimes gets overshadowed by sight and sound, but it has played a crucial role in the development of our species. Some expert guides help us understand what is happening in our brains when we eat. We also talk about food and cooking and the roles they have played in making humans what we are today. Lees meer
This is part three of a five part mini-series. Learn more about the series and find related resources at biologos.org/the-gift-of-food.
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162. The Gift of Food | God’s Love Made Delectable (Part 2)
25 januari 2024 · 48 min
The idea of food as a gift is one that comes to us frequently in scripture. In this episode we look to the Bible and see if we can better understand God’s intended relationship to food. Beginning with the Old Testament, we explore how ancient Israelites might have thought about food. In the New Testament we see Jesus continually gathering around a table and feeding people, and even many of his miracles were food related. And at the last supper, food takes on even more significance as the elements of communion. Lees meer
This is part two of a five part mini-series. Learn more about the series and find related resources at biologos.org/the-gift-of-food.
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161. The Gift of Food | Sacred Morsels (Part 1)
18 januari 2024 · 46 min
Food is a great connector. It can connect us to the ground and the soil that produces food, to the plants and animals that turn into food, and to one another. It also has the possibility of connecting us better to God. In part one of the series we talk about some of these connections, eventually leading us to the idea that food is a gift. In the rest of the series we’ll consider what that might mean about how we eat, what we eat, and how gathering around a table, whether it’s a communion table or a dining room table, can strengthen our connections to the world, to each other, and to God. Lees meer
This is part one of a five part mini-series. Learn more about the series and find related resources at biologos.org/the-gift-of-food.
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160. David Brooks | To See and Be Seen
7 december 2023 · 50 min
Talking about any hard topic—science and faith included—requires first recognizing the person on the other end of the conversation. That’s what David Brooks set out to do and is the result of his most recent book, How to Know a Person, The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. He draws on neuroscience in order to understand how to see and be seen by others, but ultimately this is a habit that must be formed by practice and it is one that will help us all to have better conversations and relationships. Lees meer
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159. Andrew Davison | Cosmic Incarnation
30 november 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
In the last couple of decades, we have solved the question of whether there are other earth-like planets in the universe by finding evidence of billions of them. But while we don’t know whether there could be life on those planets—or what it would be like if there was—we can still explore the theological questions that might arise if we did find life. These questions might seem like they don’t have much relevance for us, but besides being fun to think about, they help us to refine the theology of things like the incarnation and what it means for us here on earth. Lees meer
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158. Emily Smith | Science & Neighborliness
16 november 2023 · 52 min
Being a good neighbor in a wide and complicated world can be challenging. Emily Smith has attempted to share her scientific knowledge with the hopes that it can contribute to neighborliness and even help to identify those who are most in need of the caring that can come from medical help. Lees meer
Emily is known to many as the Friendly Neighbor Epidemiologist. Her work as an epidemiologist is to study how disease and illness affects populations, specifically those who don’t have access to many resources. In the episode, she talks about epidemiology and about the pushback that came from her attempts to share information during the COVID pandemic. And she talks about her new book, The Science of the Good Samaritan: Thinking Bigger About Loving Our Neighbors.
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157. Jessica Moerman | No Act Too Small
9 november 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
Jessica Moerman’s scientific research has included the study of stalagmites in Bornean caves and digging up ancient lakes in Africa. Through this work, she and other paleoclimatologists—those who study the climate of the past—have started to piece together the puzzle of how earth’s climate has changed in the past, which helps us to understand how it could change in the future. For Jessica, science has always been a tool for ministry and for understanding God’s creation. That idea has led her to her current role as the CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network where she is able to share her knowledge of science, her passion for ministry and the call to act to bring about a healthy future. Lees meer
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156. Joanna Ng | Data, Truth, & AI
2 november 2023 · 59 min
Joanna Ng has worked on many projects which have been turned into tools we use everyday. In the episode she talks about the journey to become a Master Inventor and some of the highlights of her career and then discusses some of the risks that come from putting too much trust in computers and artificial intelligence. Lees meer
Glossary of Terms:
Groundtruth: The information or data that acts as a reference point against which we can measure the performance of computer programs or algorithms.
Compiler: A special computer program that turns the code that programmers write into something a computer can understand and run. It's like a translator between humans and computers.
Parsing: Parsing in computer science is like grammar-checking a sentence. It looks at the code to make sure all the parts are in the right order and make sense together, so the computer can understand what to do.
Black box: A system or device where you can see what goes in and what comes out, but you don't know exactly how it works on the inside.
Bootstrap: The initial push that gets a computer or program running so it can do more complicated tasks on its own. Just like you need that first push to start pedaling a bike, a computer needs a bootstrap to get going.Theme song and credits music by Breakmaster Cylinder. Other music in this episode by Titan Sound, courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc.
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155. Sy Montgomery | Soul Deep Sameness
19 oktober 2023 · 56 min
Sy Montgomery has been writing about animals for over 30 years and has befriended many fascinating creatures in those years. Both turtles and octopuses, subjects of two of her books, are ancient relatives of ours, separated from humans by millions of years of evolution. That hasn’t stopped Sy from connecting with individuals of each of these species, learning something about their amazing and special capabilities but also finding a surprising commonality that allows for a deep connection. In the conversation Sy shares her love for all creatures and calls for us to reach into our limitless compassion to care for the creatures that make our world bright and beautiful. Lees meer
This conversation was recorded live in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the BioLogos Creation Care Summit on October 7th.
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154. Janet Kellogg Ray | Science Denial and Christian Culture
12 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 2 min
Janet Kellogg Ray is a Christian science educator and author. In the episode, she shares her personal journey of reconciling her faith with the science of evolution and discusses the challenges faced by Christians in accepting scientific evidence. She explores the connection between the denial of evolution, climate change, and COVID vaccines, highlighting the cultural and political factors that contribute to science denial within religious communities. Janet emphasizes the importance of science literacy and understanding the nature of science in order to build trust and engage in meaningful conversations about faith and science. Lees meer
Learn more about Janet Kellogg Ray and see her books here.
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153. BioLogos Book Club | Braiding Sweetgrass
5 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 11 min
In our second ever BioLogos book club, we bring you a discussion on the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Our expert guests include Carol Bremer-Bennett, the Executive Director of World Renew; Rick Lindroth, a retired professor of ecology; and Debra Rienstra, a Professor of English. They discuss various themes from the book, including the importance of reciprocity and harmony in our relationship with the natural world, the dangers of consumerism and greed, and the need for a more inclusive and respectful language to describe non-human beings. They also explore the intersection of indigenous wisdom, science, and Christianity, and the potential for these perspectives to complement and enrich one another. Lees meer
Download our discussion guide for Braiding Sweetgrass here.
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66. Agustín Fuentes | To Believe is Human
21 september 2023 · 58 min
The question, what does it mean to be human, demands answers from many fields of study. Agustín Fuentes has looked to anthropology for answers to this question but the answers he has found speak to something that is bigger than science. He proposes that one of the things that make us human is our ability to believe. Lees meer
Fuentes teaches anthropology and primatology at Princeton University. His studies have brought him around the world, to cities and to remote jungles. He’s written several books, including his most recent, Why We Believe: Evolution and the Human Way of Being, a book that came out of his Gifford Lectures.
This episode was originally aired on December 17th, 2020.
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152. Lee C. Camp | Opening the Door to Faith and Flourishing
14 september 2023 · 56 min
As the host of his own podcast, No Small Endeavor, Lee C. Camp is well-practiced at conversations that explore what human flourishing could look like. In this conversation, he looks back to his own experiences in which doors were opened to him in his thinking about faith. He tells about his journey from preaching sermons against the theory of evolution to coming to understand that scientific knowledge about the world was not a threat to his faith, even when that knowledge presented new and challenging questions. Lees meer
Check out Lee Camp's podcast, No Small Endeavor Including this episode about science and faith with Francis Collins
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151. Joe Vukov | Navigating the Technological Divide
31 augustus 2023 · 1 uur
For some technology offers humanity a path into perfection. For others it is the means of our downfall. Somewhere in between there is Joe Vukov. In the episode, Joe helps to explain the pitfalls of both extremes—on one side, the transhumanists (who embrace technology as a way to become more human) and on the other, the neoLuddites (who shun certain kinds of technology)—and begins to clear a path somewhere in the middle. Lees meer
Original music in this episode is by Carp.
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150. Trees | Living Symbols of Praise
24 augustus 2023 · 50 min
Trees are often seen merely as backdrops or immovable scenery. When we start to learn about the physical realities of trees, their names and histories and the ways they interact with the world around them, we start to wonder if we’ve gotten the wrong idea about what trees are. In this episode, Jim and Colin go on a journey to see trees more completely, to see them as living, dynamic creatures. Learning about the scientific reality of trees leads to an enriched understanding of the role trees play as symbols in the Bible and helps eventually for trees to be seen as creatures who praise God. Lees meer
Additional Resources:
Check out MyTree Calculator, mentioned in the episode.
There were a lot of trees in the bible we didn't have time to talk about in the episode. The BibleProject podcast has a great series on trees in the bible called Tree of Life.
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149. Kate Boyd | Science and the Messy Middle
17 augustus 2023 · 57 min
Kate Boyd has been learning to live out her faith in the messy middle in a culture that rewards picking a side. While her journey didn’t begin with a conflict between science and religion, her story explores the complexities of understanding the Bible in today’s context and anyone who has struggled with issues of science and faith will resonate with this conversation. Kate’s new book, which tells the story of her journey is called An Untidy Faith: Journeying Back to the Joy of Following Jesus. In the episode, Jim and Kate dive into Kate’s story of her realization of the “untidy” nature of faith and how she has come to embrace the messiness without letting go of core beliefs and how this might apply to the science and faith dialogue. Lees meer
Learn more about Kate and find her book at www.kateboyd.co
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28. Alister McGrath | Journey of Science, Story of Faith
27 juli 2023 · 46 min
Alister McGrath is one of the iconic voices in the dialogue between science and faith. In this episode, Jim Stump talks to him about two of his more recent books: A Theory of Everything (that Matters) and Narrative Apologetics. The conversation ranges from talking about Einstein’s religious beliefs and how they open a door for exploring the relationship between science and theology, to the importance of storytelling for Christian Apologetics. Lees meer
Find out more about his book A Theory of Everything (that Matters)
Find out more about his book Narrative Apologetics
Jim recommends this book Enriching our Vision of Reality: Theology and the Natural Sciences in Dialogue.
This episode original aired on January 16, 2020
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148. New Genes | A Science Explainer with Dennis Venema
6 juli 2023 · 22 min
In a recent article in the journal Science, researchers described a process where new genes come about from parts of DNA that were thought to be useless and led to bigger brains in humans. Jim and Colin, along with Dennis Venema, discuss what’s going on and describe some of the basic science that reveals why this discovery is an exciting new development in understanding what it means to be human and how we got to be the way we are. Lees meer
Here's the article in Science
Dennis Venema is also the author of a series of BioLogos posts called Evolution Basics, meant as an introduction to the science of evolution.
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147. Curtis Chang | Anxiety & the Doorway to Resurrection
8 juni 2023 · 54 min
Anxiety disorders are extremely common. Curtis Chang knows firsthand how anxiety can be extremely disruptive to the healthy and happy lives we all strive for. In this episode Curtis, who is a theologian, host of the Good Faith podcast and executive director of Redeeming Babel, tells the story of his own struggles and the peace he found when he reframed his anxiety as an opportunity to participate in resurrection. Lees meer
Additional Resources
Redeeming Babel
Good Faith Podcast (apple podcasts)
Check out Curtis' book: The Anxiety Opportunity
Mental Health Resources PageIf you like this episode you might like our episode on Neuroscience, Mental Health & the Church
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146. Sally Bingham | Churches Leading Change
1 juni 2023 · 36 min
Sally Bingham, the founder of Interfaith Power & Light (IPL), and the Canon of the Environment for the Diocese of California, shares the story of the inception of IPL and discusses the influential role that churches and faith communities can play in the effort to reduce climate change impacts. Lees meer
Learn more about Interfaith Power & Light
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145. Dawn Wright | A Divine Abyss
18 mei 2023 · 53 min
In the summer of 2022 Dawn Wright became only the 27th person ever, the fifth woman, and the first Black person to descend into the deepest part of the ocean, a place called Challenger Deep. As a scientist, Dawn has been studying and helping to map the depths of the ocean, but being there in person uncovered a new dimension and deepened her connection with the mysterious underwater world. In the episode, Colin and Dawn talk about the science of mapping, the world of deep sea submersibles, and how finding trash in the most remote places of our planet might spark a renewed sense of stewardship for all of God’s creation. Lees meer
Additional Resources
Story Map of Dawn's Challenger Deep Dive
Explore Challenger Deep Map in GIS
Animated video of Alvin DiveJoin a conversation about this episode on the BioLogos Forum.
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144. Francis Collins & Deb Liu | Live from Silicon Valley
11 mei 2023 · 53 min
Deb Liu, the CEO of Ancestry, and Francis Collins, the previous director of the NIH and leader of the Human Genome project, delve into the fascinating world of genetic science, exploring its implications on our understanding of human identity, ancestry and health. Throughout the conversation they also share stories and reflections on how their Christian faith motivates their work and sheds light on the ethical and moral considerations that arise when navigating the complex world of genetic research and its applications. Lees meer
The episode was recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco in late April 2023.
Additional Resources
All of Us Research Program
Take Back Your Power by Deb Liu
Ancestry.comJoin a conversation about this episode on the BioLogos Forum.
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91. Jason Fileta | Faith, Justice, Climate
4 mei 2023 · 59 min
Jason Fileta didn’t start out as an environmental activist. His first passion was to alleviate the suffering of the poor and hungry. As he met and heard the stories from those struggling with poverty and hunger he often asked them the question: if we could get a million Christians in North America to raise their voices on an issue that impacts your community, what would it be? He was surprised when a farmer in Uganda said climate change. But then he started to hear story after story of how climate change has made the lives of people harder, and this has led Jason to understand the deep connection between our caring for the planet and the lives of the poor and hungry around the world. Lees meer
This episode original aired on September 30th, 2021.
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143. The Ocean Declares | Horseshoe Crabs, Hospitality & Creatureliness
27 april 2023 · 48 min
When the wind is just right, on a small beach in Titusville, Florida, horseshoe crabs crawl out of the water and onto the beach to lay their eggs. Jim and Colin joined up with two marine biologists—Bob Sluka who works with A Rocha, a Christian conservation organization and Margaret Miller, a coral biologist who works with SECORE International—and three A Rocha interns to survey the horseshoe crabs. That experience began an exploration into paying attention to many of the creatures that surround us, extending hospitality, and learning from the creatures, even from the ocean itself, about how we might better worship the creator of it all. Lees meer
Additional Resources:
Learn about A Rocha
Do your own nurdle hunt
Atlantic Article about Synthetic alternatives to LAL
Radiolab Episode about Horseshoe CrabsJoin a conversation about this episode on the BioLogos Forum.
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142. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap | Environmental Evangelism
20 april 2023 · 55 min
When Kyle Meyaard-Schaap joins a climate march or calls a senator to talk about his concerns about climate change, he sees it as an act of evangelism. His new book Following Jesus in a Warming World: A Christian Call to Climate Action tells the story of how he came to understand that acting on climate is necessary and urgent and that it fits within the call to follow Jesus. He tells some of his story here and also talks about parenting, imagination, and the role a pastor can play in bringing about the change we hope to see. Lees meer
Learn more about Kyle's book, Following Jesus in A Warming World.
Check out Evangelical Environmental Network at creationcare.org
Check out Young Evangelicals for Climate Action at yecaction.orgJoin a conversation about this episode on the BioLogos Forum.
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141. Gayle Boss | Let Compassion Take Root
6 april 2023 · 47 min
Over the season of lent we’ve been reading excerpts from Gayle Boss’ Book Wild Hope. In this episode we talk to Gayle about where the book came from and about how the stories of wild and imperiled creatures can help us into the story of Christ and his journey to the cross. Lees meer
Find out More about Wild Hope and Gayle's other books.
Thanks to Paraclete Press which gave permission for the experts from Wild Hope throughout lent. www.paracletepress.com
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140. Brandon Vaidyanathan | Beauty in Science
30 maart 2023 · 51 min
As a sociologist, Brandon Vaidyanathan has been studying what scientists think about beauty. Some people might be surprised that scientists think much about beauty at all, but for many scientists, beauty is an important reason for why they do the work that they do. Brandon talks about his research and the different ways scientists understand beauty to be a part of understanding the world and also tells the story of his conversion to Christianity and how he found his way to sociology. Lees meer
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LENT | Reflections from Wild Hope: The Hawksbill Turtle
27 maart 2023 · 9 min
This Lent we’re reading reflections from Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing, by Gayle Boss. We’ll end with an interview with Gayle Boss in the last week of Lent. Lees meer
The reflections from Wild Hope are grouped into five different weeks, with four creatures in each week, through the season of Lent and four more during Holy Week. Week five is "the Hunted" and the story is about the hawksbill turtle.
Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing by Gayle Boss, illustrated by David G. Klein
Copyright 2020: text by Gayle Boss, illustrations by David G. Klein
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139. BioLogos Book Club | Transcendent Kingdom
23 maart 2023 · 54 min
In the debut of a new podcast Book Club feature we take on the novel Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi about a young PhD candidate in neuroscience struggling with questions about mental health, the problem of evil, and how to reconcile the evangelical faith she grew up with and her career in science. We asked three guests to join us to discuss the book. Lynette Strickland recently finished a PhD in biology, Rachel Wahlberg is a neuroscience graduate student herself, and Christina Bieber Lake is a literature professor. Lees meer
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